Narrative intelligence for the finance sector: 
Examining how race, power, and institutional memory shape economic systems.

Dahna M. Chandler, Managing Principal

Finance Narrative Historian | Racialized Finance Scholar | Public Inquiry Intellectual

I am an American finance narrative historian and racialized finance scholar whose work interrogates how race, institutional memory, and economic storytelling shape wealth systems in the United States. 

My work is founded on my doctoral research at the University of Southern California where I’m focusing on organizational change and leadership in the banking and wealth management sector.

Through essays, collaborative inquiries, and public scholarship, I examine how race, institutional memory, and narrative architecture shape modern finance—and how that history continues to inform policy, access, and belief systems today.

A public inquiry intellectual, I partner with think tanks, research institutes, and aligned publishers to surface hidden narratives within finance and reveal how institutional language preserves racial hierarchy. I also work with select organizations that focus on supporting equitable access to capital and resources to refine their narratives to achieve impact for their communities. 

We work together to unearth not just data, but the depth of narrative inquiry needed to understand why economic systems behave as they do—and what stories they rely on to keep doing so—so leaders can implement equitable change.

Learn more about me and how we'll collaborate. The contact me about your engagement.